Typewriter table



July 12, 1938. w, w, WELLS 2,123,687

' TYP'EWRITER TABLE Filed Nov. 5, 1936 INVENTOR. it llan hilt Z 113,

M,s ATTORNEYS Patented July 12, 1938 UNITED- STATES- PATENT; oFFicE 1 TYPEWRITERTABLE V Welton W. wells, Englewood, N. J.' Application November :5, 1936,"?Seiia1Na-109,254?

' 1Cla im'." (01 45-90) This invention relates to typewriter tables and Figure .5 is an end View of a modified form of has as its principal object the provision ofartable hinge structure for attaching the table to an whichmay be readily attached'to many types 'of article of furniture; and v furniture; r i Figurefiis asideview of the hinge disclosed in 5 ..A further. object ofthe invention is to provide Figure v5. 5 a typewriter table which may be somounted on A typical embodiment of my invention may anarticle of furniture that it can be moved selecconsist of a table'top laofasize suitable'to receive tively to a position in which the typewriter may a portable typewriter. l2, shownindotted lines, beused andto aposition in which both the typeand having a plurality of elongated slots therein writer and the tabl ar aled, through which extend threaded hook members it 10 A still further object of the invention is to profor grip'ping the=frameof the typewriter. Wing vide a typewriter table having attaching means nuts l8- may be used with the hook members l6 'to' with which interchangeable. cooperating parts lock the typewriter to the table top.: The'elon-. may be used to aflix it to varying types of furnigated slots1l4 allow adjustment of the typewriter.

'ture; a along the tabletop I0 into-the desired'position for 15 These objects have been achieved through the use. provision of a simple table top of suitable size A plurality of loop-like hinge elements of having hinge elements at one edge thereof. The similar size and shape are attached to one end of hinge elements are preferably standardized to the table top I0 and serve, with suitable cooperat- 20 cooperate with similar complementary hinge eleing hinge elements, to attach the table top to an 20 ments which may be aifixed directly to the under article of furniture. The hinge elements 20 are surface of articles of furniture such as, for expreferably standardized in size and shape so that ample, tables or desks, or may be used with an they may be used with a variety of interchange elongated supporting rod for connecting it to able elements when it is desired to attach the spaced parallel side portions of an article of furtable top to different types'of furniture. 25 niture such as a knee-hole type desk. Whenthe typewriter table is to be attached, for

The table top may suitably be provided with example, to a kn -h l d k D, as wn n F means for detachably fixing a typewriter thereto ures 1 and 2, an extensible pivot member, consistso that it is firmly connected to a table top both in ing of telescoping tubes 22 and 24, or a tube and a its position for use and in its concealed position. rod, may be provided. The hinge elements 20 30 Suitable means are also provided for holding receive the tube 22 and swing about it as a pivot. the table top and the typewriter in either position The tubes 22 and 24 are provided with laterally for use or concealed position. One suitable extending apertured brackets 25 and 28, respecmeans may consist of one or more legs pivotally tively, which can be attached by suitable means,

connected to a table top to swing to opposite sides such as screws, to opposite sides of the knee-hole 35 of the same for holding it preferably in a horicavity, the telescoping tubes allowing ready adzontal position outwardly of the article of furnijustment to compensate for different Widths of ture when in use or in a horizontal concealed cavities in such desks. position under and within the confines of the The table top I0 may likewise be readily article of furniture. attached tothe under side of a table or similar 40 For a better understanding of the invention, piece of furniture, by means of elements interreference may be had to the accompanying drawchangeable with the telescoping pivotal support. in which: As best shown in Figures 5 and 6, these inter-- Figure 1 is a side view of a typewriter table changeable elements may be complementary,

embodying one form of the invention attached to looped, L-shaped hinge elements 30, having 45 an article of furniture, shown in vertical section, spaced loop portions 32 between which is received and also showing in dotted lines the table inboth V a hinge element 20. The hinge elements 30 and concealed and an intermediate position; A 20 may be suitably connected by a removable Figure 2 is a plan view of the table shown in pintle pin 34. The bases of the L-shaped ele- Figure 1 with the article of furniture'broken ments contain apertures through which may be 50 a y; passed screws for aflixing the table top II] to the Figure 3 is an enlarged side view of a portion of under side of an article of furniture. a supportingleg; By thus standardizing the hinge elements 20,

Figure 4 is an edge'view of the portion of the the manufacturer need furnish only two types leg Shown in'Figllre of interchangeable supporting elements to readily 55 adapt the table for attachment to almost any article of furniture, either type of element being furnished to the user in accordance with his requirements.

While the table top H! may be positioned for use or held in a concealed position by any suitable means, one or more legs 36 connected to the free end of the table top are found to be entirely satisfactory for strongly supporting it.

As illustrated in Figures '1 and 2, a leg 36 may consist of a tubular socket member 38 pivotally attached to one edge of the top H) to allow it to swing to opposite sides of the same. The socket member 38 is provided with a plurality of transversely extending spaced apertures 40 for receiving a pin 42 to hold a similarly apertured telescoping tube 44 in any one of a plurality of extended or retracted positions to allow adjustment of the tabletop l into horizontal position when in use. As best shown in Figures 3 and4, the tube 44 has a flattened end 46 which is received between spaced flattened side walls 48 of a leg tube 50 and pivotally connected thereto by means of, for example, a rivet 52 allowing folding or relative swinging movement of the tubular tion 46 of right angularly related straight edges 54 and 56 connected by an arcuate edge 58 thus allowing the tubes 44 and 50 to be aligned to support the table Ill horizontally or folded to allow the table to swing through the intermediate position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 to the concealed position under the desk 20, also shown in dotted lines.

In the concealed position of the table l0 and typewriter l2, the leg 36 is swung to the opposite side of the table top ID from that in which the typewriter I2 is in position for use. The typewriter l2 is thus in inverted position under the article of furniture.

It will be understood from the preceding description that the invention consists of a relatively simple construction which may be readily associated with various articles of furniture. It will also be understood that many variations can be made in the specific construction of the device without departing from the concept of the invention.

The embodiment shown in the drawing and described in the specification should therefore be considered as illustrative, only, and not as limiting the scope of the invention as defined in the following claim.

I claim:

A typewriter table attachable to an article of furniture, comprising a table top, hinge means at one end of said table top attachable to an under surface of said article of furniture to allow swinging movement of said table top from an outward horizontal position around its hinge to an inward, substantially horizontal position with respect to said article, an extensible leg, and means pivotally connecting one end of said leg to an edge of said table top, said leg being swingable to opposite sides of the top to selectively retain the latter in its outward and inwardpositions.

WELTON W. WELLS. 

